Cleveland Cavaliers 94, Charlotte Hornets 87 — Recap

January 21, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 94, Charlotte Hornets 87. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 33-20 CHA; Q2 CLE 23-12 CHA; Q3 CLE 20-32 CHA; Q4 CLE 18-23 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Miller (CHA) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 14 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists on 6-of-13 shooting; Jaylon Tyson (CLE) 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Brandon Miller

24 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

24 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

21 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-21 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

CLE 27 largest lead Q2 2:55 (CLE 56, CHA 29) · 10-0 run, Q2 10:04–Q2 7:50

CHA 0 largest lead Never led · 7-0 run, Q1 4:57–Q1 2:49

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	33	23	20	18		94
CHA	20	12	32	23		87

🧮 How They Scored

CLECHA

46Points in the paint50

9Fast-break points26

25Second-chance points17

20Points off turnovers21

25Bench points27

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

43.7%Effective FG%37.8%

17.0%Turnover %10.2%

36.2%Offensive rebound %28.3%

0.276Free-throw rate0.184

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	37	24	3	6	1	0	8	8-20	2-8	6-7	-3
Evan Mobley F-C	35	14	14	0	1	3	2	6-13	0-4	2-3	+10
Jarrett Allen C	35	13	9	0	0	2	1	4-8	0-0	5-6	-3
Jaylon Tyson G-F	31	14	7	4	1	0	2	6-17	1-9	1-2	+14
Dean Wade F	27	4	9	4	1	1	1	1-3	0-2	2-2	+11
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	21	6	9	2	0	0	0	3-7	0-3	0-0	0
Craig Porter G	18	7	1	2	0	2	2	2-5	2-3	1-2	-5
Larry Nance Jr. F	13	5	2	1	1	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+14
De'Andre Hunter F	13	4	4	1	1	0	4	1-6	1-6	1-2	-7
Tyrese Proctor G	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	+4

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	34	24	4	2	2	0	3	8-20	3-11	5-5	-19
Kon Knueppel G-F	31	21	11	2	1	0	2	8-21	2-10	3-3	+8
Moussa Diabate F	29	4	5	0	1	3	2	1-1	0-0	2-6	+1
Miles Bridges F	26	11	1	1	0	0	0	5-13	1-5	0-1	-29
Grant Williams F	25	0	5	4	3	0	1	0-6	0-5	0-0	+19
LaMelo Ball G	22	2	5	7	2	1	2	1-15	0-10	0-0	-16
Sion James G	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-11
Josh Green G	19	7	9	2	1	0	1	2-3	1-2	2-2	+12
Collin Sexton G	16	11	2	0	1	0	0	5-12	1-4	0-0	+3
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	15	7	4	1	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	1-1	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	37	24	52.0	33.3	-5.2	11.8
Evan Mobley	Starter	35	14	48.9	18.4	+13.9	16.3
Jaylon Tyson	Starter	31	14	39.1	27.4	+23.6	9.1
Jarrett Allen	Starter	35	13	61.1	13.6	-4.3	16.9
Dean Wade	Starter	27	4	51.5	7.9	+20.8	19.4
Craig Porter	Bench	18	7	59.5	15.1	-7.8	7.2
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	21	6	42.9	11.7	-4.0	16.2
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	13	5	83.3	10.7	+58.3	17.0
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	13	4	29.1	27.5	-20.3	-10.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	10	3	30.0	21.7	+26.6	-13.2
Lonzo Ball	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	34	24	54.1	29.4	-28.8	16.3
Kon Knueppel	Starter	31	21	47.0	31.6	+14.3	18.0
Miles Bridges	Starter	26	11	40.9	22.0	-55.8	3.8
Moussa Diabate	Starter	29	4	54.9	8.1	+0.2	0.0
Sion James	Starter	22	0	0.0	4.0	-23.0	-2.3
Collin Sexton	Bench	16	11	45.8	32.4	+9.7	15.2
Josh Green	Bench	19	7	90.2	9.1	+31.1	28.1
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	15	7	64.3	15.0	-9.4	7.1
LaMelo Ball	Bench	22	2	6.7	27.9	-31.3	-8.0
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Grant Williams	Bench	25	0	0.0	10.1	+35.8	5.1
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0